super apocalypse

Chapter 187

With a knife, blood flew, and Li Ping fell off the horse. Wei Yan seized the opportunity and immediately shouted: "The whole army is attacking! Take Bajun!"

The war drums were beating and the horns were sounding. The Taiping Army's [-] troops immediately pressed forward. Without the command of the defender, the Yizhou army was in chaos. It was impossible to withstand the Taiping Army's offensive.

The success of the siege was unexpected. Within an hour of the battle, Ba County had completely changed hands. Veteran General Yan Yan would rather die than surrender. Wei Yan and Gan Ning had no choice but to imprison him in his mansion. among.

One day later, Xiao Lan led an army of [-] people to arrive and personally performed a miracle, and Yan Yanfang surrendered. From then on, all the checkpoints around Bajun surrendered because of Yan Yan's prestige.

Hearing about the military situation, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan immediately issued an edict, ordering Dong Fu, Zhao Wei, Jia Long and many other Yizhou officials to gather here. Everyone was in a turmoil in their hearts, only to see Liu Yan striding into the hall with meteoric strides , everyone quickly stood up, clasped their fists together and saluted: "See my lord!"

Liu Yan is now in his sixties, but he is still in good health. Apart from the gray hair on his temples, his eyes are bright and his waist is straight. He is as energetic as a person in his 40s.However, Liu Yan's face looked very bad at this time, with a gloomy face and frowning eyebrows. Following him were the eldest son Liu Fan and the youngest son Liu Zhang, but their faces did not look good.

"Okay, everyone, please sit down." Liu Yan pressed his hand to let everyone sit down. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "As you know, just yesterday, I received news that a few days ago, in Yi Berkshire to the east of the state has already fallen under the attack of the peace bandits."

"What?!" Hearing this, everyone exclaimed, even Zhao Wei, who had always been in the city, was no exception.

"Impossible!" Immediately, someone exclaimed loudly, but it was a young general behind Jia Long, named Zhang Ren, who was also a descendant of a family in Yizhou, and he could only hear a voice full of disbelief. He said: "That Ba County is guarded by General Yan, and there are [-] elite soldiers. How could it be so easily broken by the Taiping bandits?"

Although the others did not speak, they were all the opposite of Zhang Ren. Although Yan Yan was not very likable, everyone still knew Yan Yan's abilities. Ba County, which was guarded by [-] troops, was so easy. It is really unbelievable that it was breached by the peace thieves.

Liu Yan said in a deep voice: "According to the reports from the scouts, Xiao Lan, the leader of the bandit, personally commanded the Taiping Bandit this time, with a total army of [-]. Wei Yan and Gan Ning led [-] troops as the vanguard, and Xiao Lan led an army of [-] to follow closely. Afterwards, they entered Sichuan from Jianping, along the Yangtze River, and marched towards Chengdu!"

"Xiao Lan? Wei Yan!" Hearing this, Jia Long couldn't help but narrow his eyes. During this period, the Taiping Thieves caused a lot of trouble in the Central Plains. It is said that Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou and even Jingzhou have already Occupied by Taiping thieves, even the coalition of six princes including Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and others were defeated.

Speaking of Jia Long, he can be regarded as a legendary figure in Yizhou!
Jia Long, who came from an ancient family in Yizhou, was originally a scholar. When he was under the former governor of Yizhou, Que Jian, he held the position of governing the country and making history that Zhao Wei now holds.After the Ma Xiangzhi rebellion broke out, Jia Long resolutely abandoned his writing and joined the army, leading Yizhou officers and soldiers to resist the rebels!
That is to say, in this battle, Jia Long showed his extraordinary combat command ability, and with thousands of Yizhou troops, almost [-] rebels were defeated!After Liu Yan entered Sichuan, thinking of Jia Long's achievements in quelling the rebellion, he specially appointed Jia Long as Yizhou Bingcao to take charge of Yizhou Bingcao!

As a leading general, he naturally pays close attention to military news, so he has heard about Xiao Lan and even the top generals Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Zhou Cang, etc. under Xiao Lan. Now it seems that Yan Yan He must have met the top general of the Peaceful Thieves!
Zhao Wei also regained his composure at this moment, glanced at Jia Long and Zhang Ren who were facing him, and said with a sneer: "Master Jia, if I remember correctly, General Yan Yan of Ba County and Li Ping, the deputy general, are both Lord Jia. Introduce it to the lord! Now that Berkshire has fallen, who does Master Jia think should bear the responsibility?"

Hearing this, Jia Long couldn't help but change his expression. He didn't expect Zhao Wei to seize this matter so quickly and attack him, but after all, he deserves to be a character who came from the war, so Dang even calmed down. , He replied in a deep voice: "Master Zhao is very right! The responsibility for the fall of Berkshire should be borne by me! My lord! I also ask my lord to punish me!" As he spoke, he immediately turned around and bowed to Liu Yan arrived.

"Huh?" After a while of pondering, Liu Yanfang quietly said: "The loss of Ba County is the responsibility of the defender and has nothing to do with you. Now is not the time to hold anyone responsible, but to find a way to do it." Defeat the invading Taiping thieves, otherwise Yizhou will not be safe."

Zhao Wei was taken aback when he heard the words, but soon figured out why.Now that the army is pressing down on the country, it is time to use troops. How could Liu Yan offend Jia Long so easily at this time?At that moment, he cursed secretly in his heart, but bowed to Jia Long with an apologetic expression on his face, and said in his mouth: "Master Jia, I was the one who offended me just now, please don't take offense, Mr. Jia!"

Jia Long waved his hand casually and said calmly: "Mr. Zhao, you are too polite. Of course Jia won't take it to heart about such a trivial matter!"

Afraid that the two ministers would continue to fight among themselves, Liu Yan coughed lightly at the right time and asked directly to Jia Long: "Master Jia, how many people can we mobilize in Yizhou now?"

Knowing that this is not a good time for internal fighting, Jia Long accepted it as soon as he saw it, and quickly responded: "Report to my lord! At the beginning, Yizhou went through the Ma Xiang Rebellion, which caused a great loss of troops, although after several years of recuperation , but the Yizhou army is only 13 people, and the front line of Berkshire has already fallen, with no less than 10 troops lost, and the remaining 5 horses, and a lot of them have to be hoarded in the north and south to defend Nanman and Hanzhong! Now they can be mobilized There are probably less than [-] soldiers and horses."

Having been in charge of the Yizhou army for many years, Jia Long knew the situation of the Yizhou army well, so he was able to give Liu Yan an accurate answer soon.

"Fifty thousand?" Hearing this, Liu Yan couldn't help but frowned. This number was much less than his previous estimate, but he also knew the situation in Yizhou, so he had no choice but to say: "We can't send more soldiers and horses." Is it? The Taiping bandits are coming so fiercely that [-] soldiers and horses may be hard to resist!"

Jia Long smiled wryly and said, "Master! You must know that the land of the Southern Barbarians has always been ready to move! And this time the Taiping bandits invaded, and Su Gu in Hanzhong must have heard the news, and he would not be silent. These two places Be sure to take more precautions! So how many soldiers and horses can be mobilized, the last general still can't give the lord an accurate answer!"

Seeing Liu Yan anxious, he heard Dong Fu say: "My lord, I just heard what my lord and Mr. Jia said, but in my opinion, my lord does not need to worry so much! Mr. Jia is good at using troops, and there is no place in Xichuan." People don’t know! My subordinates know nothing about this military affairs, but with Mr. Jia here, I believe that when the Taiping thieves invade this time, they will definitely be repelled by Mr. Jia’s army! After all, if the Taiping thieves cannot be repelled, what will happen to everyone here? It's all a disaster! I think you all have heard about it. The Taiping thieves are pursuing the policy of "killing local tycoons and dividing their fields". It targets all wealthy noble families. If you don't want a family that has been passed down for hundreds of years to be destroyed overnight, please take care of it. !”

Hearing this, Liu Yan's eyes couldn't help but light up, and the gloominess on his face eased a little, while the expressions of Jia Long and others on the side suddenly dropped.Originally, they had not thought about surrendering, but now that Dong Fu has reiterated the policy of the Taiping Army, people like them from the gentry have nothing to do. Once the Taiping Army captures Yizhou, it will be difficult for the gentry and wealthy families like them to surrender. survived.

Ginger, it is still old and spicy!

Taking a deep breath, Jia Long stepped out, cupped his fists and saluted Liu Yan, and shouted: "Master Dong is right! The Taiping thieves are ruthless. If Yizhou overturns, it will be difficult for us to protect ourselves, so, The last general will do his best this time to repel the Taiping bandits for our lord and Yizhou! Please wait and see, lord!"

"Okay!" Hearing this, Liu Yan immediately slapped his thigh hard and shouted: "In this case, I have issued an order to put all the troops and horses in Yizhou under your temporary command. I hope you can defeat the Taiping thieves and protect my interests. The state is safe!”

(End of this chapter)